It had been two weeks since the accident between Soul and Maka.
The meister was released four days after the incident and she'd immediately started looking for an apartment on her own. It stung to realize she was all alone again.
She found one near the academy. It was small – smaller than the one she shared with Soul – but it was enough. It wasn't like Maka had very much. All of her belongs were either in Paris or still at Soul's apartment.
She got some things – kitchen necessity's, a bed, some clothes – from Tsubaki and the the Thompson sisters. They all helped her out settling in while the boys were busy with Soul.
He was still in the hospital and refused to talk to anyone.
"Soul, answer your god!" Black*Star shouted and banged on the closed door. "This is ridiculous. You have to talk to us someday!"
Soul, who was sitting in the windowsill of his room, shook his head. Why was everyone so okay with Maka being back? He thought confused. Did they forget that they were being lied to?
Soul sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Just leave me alone Black*Star!" It was not fair to lash out to his best friend but he didn't care.
He was too stuck up in his own problems to care about the others. Though he hated to admit it, he missed Maka. Now that he knew she was alive she only seemed more out of reach.
"Soul?" This time it was Tsubaki. "Can we talk? Please, I worry about you."
Soul gritted his teeth. The last thing he wanted was making Tsubaki worried. The demon weapon didn't deserve that. He got out of the windowsill and opened the door. "Come in Tsu." he mumbled.
Tsubaki smiled brightly as she entered the room. There seemed no trace of Black*Star. Tsubaki must've send him away.
"What do you want to talk about?" Soul asked, getting straight to business.
Tsubaki sat down on Soul's unmade bed, smoothing some wrinkles down. "I'm sorry for what happened Soul." she mumbled
"Not your fault." Soul muttered.
"I should've told you. Kid should've trusted you to tell about Maka. You're her weapon after all."
"Well it's not like we can do something about it now, can we?"
Tsubaki cringed. Just a little but enough for Soul to notice. The scythe rubbed the back of his head, feeling the stress knot up in the nape of his neck, and shot a look at his fellow weapon. "Let's change the subject," he tried. "How are things at the academy? Have classes started again?"
Tsubaki shook her head. "Summer break remember?"
"Oh yeah right-!" So much for starting a conversation.
Just as Soul was looking for another topic to talk about, Tsubaki started talking. "When are you getting released?"
"Should be any day now. Why?"
"Kid wants to throw a little gathering. A reunion. It's been a while since we've all gathered together." Soul noticed how Tsubaki almost whispered those last words.
The young man shook his head. "Not sure if that's a good idea."
"Please Soul. It'll be alright. No one but Spartoi. Just nice food and some music. I promise we won't make a big deal out of it." Tsubaki pleaded.
"Will Maka -?" Soul started. The demon weapon's eyes fell a little.
"She wasn't sure yet."
"Oh okay... well I'll consider it."
"Thank you Soul." the girl sounded sincere.
Soul gave her a little smile. "It's cool Tsu."
The two weapons talked about some trivial things before Tsubaki left, saying she had to get back to make dinner for Black*Star.
"Call us when you get released." She said while pulling her coat on.
Soul smiled a little. "I will." he promised.
Soft knocks woke Maka from her sleep. She opened her eyes slowly, taking her surrounding in.
For one second she was confused – this wasn't the apartment of Soul and her! - before she remembered where she was. Her new, single apartment.
Another series of knocks pulled Maka out of her thoughts. She jumped out of bed and made her way to the front door. When she opened she saw it was Patti and Liz.
"Nice PJ's," the older sister commented, amused.
Maka looked down and blushed. The meister was dressed in white t-shirt with blue colored souls and black shorts. "Shuddup." she mumbled as she opened the door wide for the sisters.
"I think they're cute." Patti chimed.
"You think everything's cute," Liz whispered.
Maka smiled. The three girls moved to the kitchen and Maka made coffee. "Why are you guys here?" she wanted to know.
"We want to know if you're going to the party?"
"Party?"
"Kid's reunion party. It's this saturday." Liz explained.
Maka hesitated. "So I guess Soul's finally discharged from the hospital."
The Thompson sisters nodded, the younger much more enthusiastic than her older sibling. "Soul is doing a lot better."
"That's good to hear." Maka whispered.
"So are you going to come?" Patti wanted to know.
"I euhm – not sure yet."
"Come on Maka! It will be fun!"
Maka chewed on her bottom lip. She sure wanted to see the other members of Spartoi but going to the party meant facing Soul. And after what happened at the hospital she was kind of wary to see him again.
"Maka," Liz whispered, waking the scythe meister out of her thoughts. "Is this about Soul?"
Reluctantly she nodded. She hated feeling like a coward but she had to get it off her chest. "I'm just kind of scared for his reaction. He was so angry and confused when he first saw me. I don't want to trigger another attack again. I don't want to hurt him anymore."
Liz put a hand on Maka's shoulder. "I'm sure it will be okay. You have to face him someday."
Maka nodded again. "Guess you're right."
"Big sis is always right!" Patti cheered.
I think I'm just gonna stop making promises I can't keep... saves me a lot of guild feeling...
Sorry that it's going a little slow right now... not sure where I want to go with this story yet...
But I hope this wasn't all that terrible.
Thanks for sticking around. Each and everyone who's following/reading this, is amazing and I am very grateful... sorry that I suck at having discipline. /